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9781578861095

Recapturing Technology for Education Keeping Tomorrow in Today's Classrooms

by Gura, Mark; Percy, Bernard
  • ISBN13:

    9781578861095

  • ISBN10:

    1578861098

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-17
  • Publisher: R&L Education
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Summary

Illustrates how technology can be used to enrich and enhance traditional approaches to instruction and re-establishes the legitimacy and urgency of tapping technology to make our schools relevant and effective once again. All who are interested in understanding Instructional Technology and its potential to positively impact education will want to read this book.

Author Biography

Mark Gura is former director of instructional technology for the New York City public school system. He works with Fordham University's Regional Educational Technology Center

Table of Contents

Introduction: Must Tomorrow Remain the Prisoner of Yesterday? v
1 Bits, Bytes, and Yeah Buts 1(16)
2 What's at Stake? 17(24)
3 Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Reconceptions: Instructional Technology Misunderstood 41(32)
4 Let There Be No Doubt 73(20)
5 Saying Nay to the Naysayers 93(22)
6 The Convergence of Industry and Education: A New Relationship for a New Education 115(18)
7 Higher Education: The Typewriter Generation and the Information Age 133(14)
8 Dream Big 147(14)
9 Eleven Ways Technology Reinvigorates Learning 161(6)
Bibliography 167(2)
Index 169(10)
About the Authors 179

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